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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
For the chief musician, on stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph, a song
This is a superscription that tells about the psalm. Some scholars say that this is part of the scripture and some say that it is not. (See "What are Superscriptions in Psalms" in Introduction to Psalms.)
For the chief musician
"This is for the director of music to use in worship"
on stringed instruments
"people should play stringed instruments with this song."
A psalm of Asaph
"This is a psalm that Asaph wrote" See how this is translated in Psalms 53:1.
made himself known in Judah
"caused the people of Judah to know who he is" or "made himself famous in Judah"
his name is great in Israel
The words "his name" are a metonym for his reputation. Alternate translation: "the people of Israel consider him good and powerful" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)